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SAMEL SWAN; OFNEW YORK, it

I Leiters Patent 1Y0. 78,620, dated Jima 2, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN BBNH-'HOOKS FOB CABPENTEPJS BENGEES,

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Be itiknown that I, SAMUELSWAN, of the city, county, and Stute of New York, here inventeti ner und improved -Benel1'-Hook; and I de hereby declare the. following to he e full, clear, and exact description o 4the seine, reference heingihnd to therannexed drawing, -meking part of this specification, 1n ivhieh- Figure 1 is a top View,

Figure 2 n. longitudinal vertical section,

lFigure 3 v. bottoinvievrs and Figlire' a. perspective view thereof. Mjy'improved benchihook consists of four parts: u bed-plate, a. tongue, e screw-bolt, and a spiral spring.

' The bed-pleite is shown by B. It is formed with e socket, to receive` the screwbolt D, and the spiral spring .(3, with a. hole, E. The .tongue -is shown by A. It is fitted into a. recess in the top of the hed-pinta, to whi-cl' in izi'aingei, so as te bring it flush with the top, thereof', substantially in the manner shown.

of the bed-plate and `bench, as

it passes down through the socket into the bottom, Nywhereiniit screws.

The spiral Spring G surrounds theholt, and' bears against the nutN a'nd the under side of' the tongue.

In UDgfOhis hook, the bedp1ate is tted in the benchso as to bring the top thereof .iiush with the top oi the bench. Then, by unscrewigthe bolt, the spring presses the front endof the tongue up'ahove the surface for as,the workm'an may desire, 'a-nd` the dir-t, shaving, and small particles o wood,.which 'mayfinli their wey under the tongue, fai] under the bench,through the hole E.

.Having non` described the construction and operation oi' my-improved bench-hook, I ceim as'new herein, and desire ,'to secure hy-Letters Patent The hed-p1ete B, constructed substantially as described, end fitted with o hinged tongue, actuated hv:1

The holt D has awconioel-shepe 1i-eed, end iiis ui correspondingehaped hole in'the tongue, through which v spring, as set'forth.

Witnesses: I W. R. DUFr,

GEQRGE F Fiemme.

SAMUEL eivAn. 

